The 37th Busan International Short Film Festival Opening Ceremony was held through the official YouTube channel of the BISFF. As the second phase of social distance has recently taken effect, the festival committee decided to cancel all on-site screening scheduled and switch to an online film festival.

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Busan International Short Film Festival

Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) began in 1980 under the name “Korean Short Film Festival”. Its aim was to introduce independent short films from the greater Busan area and to foster film talent. It was renamed “Busan Short Film Festival” in 1997, and again in 2000 as “Busan Asian Short Film Festival”, becoming the first Korean short film festival to extend the competition internationally, introducing other Asian short films and directors to Korean viewers. In 2010, the name was changed once again to “Busan International Short Film Festival” to extend the competition beyond Asia. At present, the festival awards the most creative and excellent short films in the competition sections (International Competition, Korean Competition, Operation KINO), and showcases short films from around the world.

While short film festivals in an international scale are still rare in Korea, BISFF aims to become the “hub of Asian short films”, a venue to promote Korean and other Asian short films to the world. As the first Korean film festival to become an Academy Awards Qualifying Festival, BISFF sends its grand prize recipient from the competition sections to be considered for the short film (except documentaries) nominations in the Academy Awards. It is also contributing to the progress of short films through collaborations with such programs as NETPAC and Short Film Conference.